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> While those in later years may have had an Apple ][ or TRS-80 while still kids. And unfortunately, those microcomputers fit into all sorts of cultural biases.
by ci5er 9y ago
> While those in later years may have had an Apple ][ or TRS-80 while still kids. And unfortunately, those microcomputers fit into all sorts of cultural biases.
How so?
- eesmith 9y agoI gave an example. Are you asking for more? While I've read a few papers on the topic, this is not a subject I know well enough to even remember what those papers were. Instead, I can point you do a Google Scholar search, for "gender stereotype microcomputer". The first with a free PDF link is http://education.msu.edu/cepse/mqm/documents/MQMPrelimArticleFS03.pdf http://education.msu.edu/cepse/mqm/documents/MQMPrelimArticl... . It has a two page review of the literature, with more examples. I used "microcomputer" in the search, which will mostly return hits from the 1980s and 1990s. That paper was from 1997. A search for "gender differences computer programming", limited to the last few years, found https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323745/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323745/ from 2015: "However, it is clear from a large body of scientific research that there are significant social barriers to women’s entry into computer science and engineering that preclude women from being able to make a truly “free” choice (Ceci et al., 2009). Here we analyze those barriers and what can be done about them."
- ci5er 9y agoThanks!